A man armed with a knife who locked himself in a building before threatening to blow it up on a street in the populous Einsbüttel neighborhood of the port city of Hamburg (north), he was arrested this Wednesday after a large police force was deployed, with the presence of firefighters and an ambulance.
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According to the local newspaper ‘Hamburger Morgenpost’, the device involved the deployment of agents from the Special Interventions Command (SEK), the special forces of the German Police.
His intervention, as confirmed by the Police to that newspaper, resulted in the arrest of the subject after being subdued by SEK agents.
Before, Neighbors on Kleiner Schäferkampstraße alerted the police because a man had “gone crazy in their apartment.” When the police patrol arrived, the subject threatened the officers, according to this newspaper.
The street where the event took place was closed to the public, the area cordoned off and “a rescue jumping mattress was placed in front of the house in case the alleged perpetrator jumped out of the window”reported the newspaper ‘Bild’, before the arrest took place.
This Wednesday’s event is the second that Hamburg has experienced and it involves the deployment of a strong device police in a few days.
Last Sunday a man who was armed with an incendiary device and a pickaxe was injured and detained by police officers this Sunday in Hamburg, not far from one of the areas for fans enjoying public viewings at the Euro Cup.
The northern German port city is one of the ten venues in whose stadiums Germany’s Euro 2024 matches are held.
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